## One Piece Chapter 294, pages 7-9: Raigou - Chapter: 294 - Pages: 7-9 - Characters: Luffy, Nami, background Skypieans ### Summary Page 7: On the Ark Maxim, Enel activates the ship's mechanisms. A massive exhaust port on the ship releases a thick, dark plume of smoke that billows up into the sky. "FLASH!" a bright light emanates from the ship as it begins to generate a massive storm cloud. Down on the beanstalk, Luffy looks up, confused by the sudden change. "Huh!?" he says, noticing the ship is no longer visible through the gathering darkness. "He's gone!" The dark clouds rapidly expand, crackling with intense electrical energy. "BZZZZT..." the sound of electricity fills the air as the clouds spread across the sky, casting a dark shadow over the ruins and the clouds below. Luffy, still hanging onto the beanstalk with the golden ball, stares up at the ominous sky in bewilderment. "What's that?" he asks, watching the terrifying phenomenon unfold above him. Page 8: Luffy finally manages to haul himself and the heavy golden ball back up to the ruins at the top of the beanstalk. He collapses onto the ground, panting heavily, "HUFF... HUFF... I'm... back up..." He sits up, looking battered but determined. "I've gotta find a way. To get up on that ship..." he tells himself. Suddenly, the sound of an engine approaches, "VRROOM!" Luffy looks over in surprise as Nami arrives on her waver, speeding across the cloud surface. "Luffy!" she calls out. Luffy's face lights up with a huge smile. "Huh!? Nami? What're you doing here!?" he asks. Nami stops the waver and looks at him urgently. "I've come to bring you back! Sanji and Usopp saved me after you fell!" she explains. Luffy grins broadly, relieved to see her safe. "Ohh! Great!" he exclaims. Page 9: The sky above Skypiea is transforming into a nightmare. The dark, crackling clouds generated by the Ark Maxim are coalescing into a massive, perfectly spherical shape. People on the ground look up in horror. "What is that!? The lightning clouds are changing their shape!" one person cries. "But more importantly-" another starts, before being cut off by a shocked "Wha!?" Nami, looking up at the sky, is terrified. "This is bad! There's a tremendous amount of electric charge and air current in that enormous lightning cloud...!" she warns. Panic erupts among the Skypieans below. "THERE'S A HUGE BALL FLOATING UP IN THE SKY!" "THE SKY IS TURNING DARK!" "ESCAPE TO THE SEAS!" "TO THE SEAS!" they shout, scrambling to evacuate. Nami continues to stare at the ominous sphere, her face pale. "THIS IS A NIGHTMARE! THERE'S NO WAY SOMETHING SO TERRIFYING COULD EXIST FOR REAL!" The giant black sphere hangs menacingly in the sky. "The lightning cloud became a sphere..." someone observes. "It's right above... Angel Island...!" Nami, trembling, wonders aloud, "Just what is he planning to do with that...?"